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by dr_faustus
1910 days ago
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What lead? The main advantage of Tesla is that they have the guts to put beta quality software in cars and get away with it (from a regulatory perspective) up to now. As can be witnessed in loads of videos on YouTube, the current FSD betas still pretty much require full attention (I would say even more attention than driving youself because you have to watch the environment AND the behaviour of Autopilot). And these demos are on American roads which are among the easiest to drive in the world (generally very wide, lots of traffic lights, large intersections, etc.). Bad weather conditons (which are a thing outside of southern California) are even more problematic. So while the tech might or might not be more advanced than what other car companies have in their labs, reliably its still pretty much an improved cruise control and in that regard not that far ahead of the competition (all premium brands have that in one way or the other). |
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This. Driving in Arizona or Nevada is possible for a child. It’s not pouring down, there’s often roads so wide that ther e is a lane in each direction! Often there are road markings painted on the road. That aren’t snowed over. It’s easy mode.
I’d like to see the best efforts in some Italian alleys where you are 50/50 to have to reverse because you face another car, or a rainy single lane country road in England at night. Anything where the driver actually has to interact with other drivers, understanding eye contact, waves, social norms (who reverses? Is he in a hurry? Is she angry? Is that car parked or waiting too? Is that wave meaning I should go or is it just an angry gesture?) and not just the environment.
These things (narrow alleys, roads snowed over 6 months, oncoming traffic in the same lane) aren’t edge cases. It’s what “driving” is in many places.